The Diversity of Today’s Cutting Edge Sci-Fi
Sonia Grace
When we talk about science fiction we divide it up. It’s too big for a single shelf, we have to break it into subgenres and swallow it in pieces. There’s…
China Miéville
This Census-Taker by China Miéville
Eric Christensen
Before you start reading China Miéville’s new novella, This Census-Taker, you should ask yourself how you feel about movies such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, The Thing, Total…
Looking For Jake & Other Stories by China Miéville
Lew Kelly
Looking for Jake and Other Stories is China Miéville’s first collection of short stories, published in 2005. It’s an imaginative, thoughtful, political and highly original collection of work, a melding…
Fantasy Book Club – June 2014: King Rat by China Miéville
Jennie Ivins
For June, our members voted to read King Rat by China Miéville. Something is stirring in London’s dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul…
Which Writers Are Asking The Hard Questions Today?
As I move from summer to winter, I tend to switch from lighter, fun reads to deeper, more complex reads. I don’t know if I am simply echoing Hollywood’s transition…
Spotlight on China Miéville
Paul Wiseall
Despite being the only author to have won the Arthur C. Clarke award for science fiction three times, it still remains unclear whether Miéville belongs in the sci-fi or fantasy…
Embassytown by China Miéville
Max Edwards
My goodness gracious me is there a lot to get through your poor little brain in this book. From the great literary mind of China Miéville, comes this romp through…
Kraken: An Anatomy by China Miéville
Chloe Smith
They say there are no new stories, just tropes, myths and archetypes that appear over and over again in different guises. This is, perhaps, especially the case in genres such…
An Evening with China Mieville
China Mieville is arguably the greatest fantasy writer of the modern generation. Gaining literary prominence with his novel Perdido Street Station in 2000 for which he received the Arthur C.…